Wisła - Mother of Polish rivers

Wisła is the biggest and longest Polish river. With it's wideness, depth and slow flow it's considered not fly fishing friendly. But, there are interesting spots near Kraków, where's river is shallow enough for wading, and there are some riffles and fast runs too.

My goal was to find a place for practicing double hand rod. If there's fish , it would be nice to catch something too.

In this particular place, there's island in the middle. During low water (181 cm , 32 m3/s) it's possible to cross from right bank to the island.


Good access for fishing left side channel is from the island. There's fast water near the left bank (cliff), and deeper and slow hole near the island.



I tried my freshly tied streamers without success. There's a fish called Asp (Aspius aspius), predatory fish of carp family. It's unofficially called "Polish tarpon". This is an active predator, which feeds on small fish in the topwater, chasing it with high speed and making some noise to disorientate his pray. Asp hunting site is easy to detect by splashes, produced by the tail of the fish. Sometimes they show their dorsal fin. But , there was no surface activity and fish didn't bite.

The place itself is very beautiful , one of the most scenic Wisła stretches.




Here's my streamers, tied for asp.



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